I am motivated by a desire to learn how to be more detached.
I do know the best solution and yet the stupid strands of attachment I have within me that I have as of yet been unable to sever are still keeping me bound. When I find the strength to sever them, it will be well.

I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never —”

“You lie,” he cried,
And ran on.

or even

Many workmen
Built a huge ball of masonry
Upon a mountain-top.
Then they went to the valley below,
And turned to behold their work.
"It is grand," they said;
They loved the thing.

Of a sudden, it moved:
It came upon them swiftly;
It crushed them all to blood.
But some had opportunity to squeal.

Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane.